ABC Orders 'Can You Hide... Shaq?', a Hide-and-Seek Show Starring Shaquille O'Neal
ABC has ordered a new competition series that turns Shaquille O'Neal into the thing to be found. The show is called Can You Hide… Shaq?, and its premise is simple: eight contestants try to hide the basketball star in plain sight in Dallas.
Variety reported the order on 10 November 2026. A competition series is a show where contestants play for a prize, and this one is a hide-and-seek game built around a famous face.
The prize works like a shared pot. Contestants compete to add money to what the show calls the "Shaq-pot," and one winner will ultimately claim it.
Comedian Nicole Byer hosts. She is also one of the executive producers, the senior credited producers who oversee a show from start to finish. O'Neal is an executive producer too, alongside Ben Winston, Colin Smeeton, Mike Parris, Jeremy Castro, Emma Conway, Charlie Van Vleet, Shyam Balse and Adam Cooper.
The series is produced by Fulwell Entertainment and Jersey Legends Productions, in partnership with ESPN, the sports network.
Viewers can catch the premiere on Thursday, 3 December, at 9 p.m. Eastern time on ABC and the ESPN app. The first two episodes air together. Hulu, the streaming service where people watch shows on demand, will carry the episodes the following day.
That gives viewers two ways to see each episode: on television and on the ESPN app on the night, then on Hulu the next day. For anyone who prefers to watch on their own schedule, the Hulu release is the one to note.
Nothing has yet been announced about how many episodes will follow the opening pair, and no figures for audience size have been released.
Still, the basic shape is clear. A famous name, a city, eight players and a shared prize. The premiere date is set, and the show will reach viewers on two platforms within a day of each other.
